…learning by heart—so altogether different from learning by rote; for when we learn by heart we do not memorize the sound of words but let the images evoked by words brand our hearts like red-hot branding irons. May I continue […]
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God as the Source
The Psalmist pointed out what happens when you consistently think of God as the Source of your supply: “But his delight is in the law of the Lord. And on his law doth he meditate day and night. And He […]
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Amen. ~ The Serenity Prayer God. The Power greater than us we came to believe […]
Continue reading »Talk to God, Names Don’t Matter
He is Father. Even more, God is Mother, who does not want to harm us. ~ Pope John Paul I A list of sixteen names for God include El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty) Who is God to you? El Elyon […]
Continue reading »I’m an Errant Toddler
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming – not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to […]
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